Davis Commons was featured on the ABC Nightly News as "an example of appropriate development for the 21st Century." (In all fairness, though, Davis Commons is preferable to the standard shoebox-style strip mall, like Fifth Street Plaza.)

The tract of land that is now Davis Commons was once a Native American village, which was another reason for controversy around the building of the center. Interestingly, the burial ground for the village was also built over; it's called the Mondavi Center.